An unauthorized party accessed the sensitive consumer data contained on Southern Environmental, Inc. networks and breached some data.
The breached information included names, Social Security numbers, and financial account information of its current and former employees.
Southern Environmental investigated the incident with the help of external cyber security experts and sent out data breach letters to all individuals whose information was compromised.
Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/southern-environmental-inc-reports-data-1877076/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/southern-environmental-inc-
"id": "sou212818722",
"linkid": "southern-environmental-inc-",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2022",
"severity": "70",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'name': 'Southern Environmental, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
'financial account information']},
'description': 'An unauthorized party accessed the sensitive consumer data '
'contained on Southern Environmental, Inc. networks and '
'breached some data. The breached information included names, '
'Social Security numbers, and financial account information of '
'its current and former employees. Southern Environmental '
'investigated the incident with the help of external cyber '
'security experts and sent out data breach letters to all '
'individuals whose information was compromised.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
'financial account information']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Data breach letters to all '
'individuals whose information was '
'compromised',
'third_party_assistance': 'External cyber security experts'},
'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized party',
'title': 'Data Breach at Southern Environmental, Inc.',
'type': 'Data Breach'}